i got a turkish friend on facebook saying about his family going out with bats (obviously, perpetuating this SFF UK stereotype) and taking it to the rioters.. he IS a tad excitable, so i'm taking it with a pinch of salt but still, sounds mental..

Yeah, the Turkish communities have definitely been well organised in their response.

It's nuts how many places it's kicking off.. news or cops can't keep up at all - I've been getting reports in from peeps all over. Also I spoke too soon earlier it seems - very minor but I did see it kick off a little here from my roof (all calm now).

Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:50 pm

mancabbage

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Am out athe mo, same thing here. More muscle on street than rioters, gangs are congregating in back alley. Old bill just fucked off thinking there none here but I just cycled past a big group, dodgy

Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:52 pm

english bob

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camden too.. electric ballroom is apparently getting done.

Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:04 pm

futuristxen

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Stumbleweed wrote: This thread taught me that British people own baseball bats. Cheers!

And not for playing baseball!

Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:07 pm

english bob

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and dude, get the fuck inside.

itv news just reckoned that someone's been shot dead in croydon.

Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:07 pm

mancabbage

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Back, theres loads of shopkeepers and big dudes with sticks on my highstreet, everytime the kids come through they get yelled at.

the english have rioted because the cops raided a house and a lady had a heart attack? that happens every week here. either that or they're shooting someone in the face after they raid the wrong house.

but you get mad props for defending your houses with ninja turtle weapons and cricket bats :)

Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:23 pm

jakethesnakeguy who cried about wrestling being real

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Charlie Foxtrot wrote: Now you're just straw manning. I never said I wanted to shoot anybody. I don't want to even hurt them really. But I do want to not get robbed. But what's your (or anyone else who's anti-gun's) solution? Someone breaks into your house and you what? Hand everything over?

And it's not like you just open fire. You draw your gun and tell them to get down on their knees and put their hands on their head and then if they keep coming towards you maybe you have to shoot them. Also a gun doesn't have to be loaded with bullets. A shotgun blast of rock salt will put someone down for the count.

Finally, the only way your friend would get shot by anyone with my beliefs is if she tried to rob or assault me.

I'm not straw manning. Your first impression is "OMG, someone enters your house, what would you do if you couldn't point a gun in their face!"

That's scary.

Has anyone been seriously hurt in these riots yet?

edit: and to answer your question, I *have* had someone come into my house with a gun and demand money, I gave them an empty safe. I'm sure things would have ended up much worse if I started pointing a gun at them. Alas... they got PWNED and we all lived to tell the tale.

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Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:35 pm

mancabbage

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FuseONE wrote: the english have rioted because the cops raided a house and a lady had a heart attack? that happens every week here. either that or they're shooting someone in the face after they raid the wrong house.

but you get mad props for defending your houses with ninja turtle weapons and cricket bats :)

no. That was the broadwater farm (an estate near tottenham and wood green) riots (in the 80s) when the police were being massive cunts to any non white person for ages. Then that happened, big riot, police man nearly had his head cut off (google pc blakelock)

this is completely different

Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:36 pm

mancabbage

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jakethesnake wrote:

Has anyone been seriously hurt in these riots yet?
.

yeah, heard of a shooting in croydon (non fatal), two stabbings ended up with a gang fight at kings college hospital, some cops were stabbed